Saemisch Fiedrich (20.09.1896 – 16.08.1975)

Saemisch-Fiedrich German Grandmaster (1950), theorist and writer. Austrian Champion in 1921.

Best results: Vienna 1921, 1^st; Baden Baden 1925, 3^rd; Dortmund 1928, 1^st; Brno 1928, 1^st; Berlin 1928, 2^nd; Berlin 1930 1^st; Swinemunde 1930, 1^stand Margate II 1939, 1^st.

In a match, he beat Richard Reti 5½-2½ in 1925.

A participant in the Olympiad of 1930 with a team bronze medal. He was mostly known for his contribution to the opening theory of the King’s Indian and Nimzo-Indian openings.

[Event "Karlsbad"] [Site "Karlsbad CSR"] [Date "1929.08.19"] [EventDate "1929.07.31"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.d5 Qd7 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2 O-O-O 14.Ne2 Qe6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.O-O h5 18.f4 Qh6 19.Rae1 Rhe8 20.f5 Qe3+ 21.Kh1 Qc5 22.Qc1 f6 23.Rf3 Rh8 24.Qb2 a5 25.Rb1 h4 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Nb3 Qc6 28.Nxa5 Qa8 29.Nb3 h3 30.g3 g6 31.fxg6 f5 32.Qc2 Rhg8 33.Nd2 f4 34.gxf4 Rxg6 35.f5 Rg2 36.Rg1 Rdg8 37.Rxg2 hxg2 38.Kg1 Qxa3 39.Rg3 Rxg3 40.hxg3 Ba4 41.Qb1 Qxc3 42.Nf3 Bb3 43.Kxg2 Bxc4 44.Bxc4 Qxc4 45.Kf2 d5 46.exd5 e4 47.Nd2 Qxd5 48.Ke2 Qxf5 49.Qxe4 Qb5+ 50.Kf3 Qa5 51.Nc4 Qa1 52.g4 Qf1+ 53.Kg3 Qg1+ 54.Kh4 Qh2+ 55.Kg5 Kb8 56.Kg6 Ka7 57.g5 b5 58.Ne5 c5 59.Qd5 Qc2+ 60.Kf6 b4 61.g6 b3 62.g7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Saemisch Fiedrich (20.09.1896 – 16.08.1975)

Saemisch Fiedrich (20.09.1896 – 16.08.1975)

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